1420s in England

Events from the 1420s in England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Henry V of England (to 31 August, 1422), Henry VI of England

Events

* 1420
** 21 May - Henry V of England and Charles VI of France sign the Treaty of Troyes, making Henry heir to the French throne.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=174–175]
** 2 June - Henry marries Catherine of Valois, Charles's daughter.
** 17 November - Hundred Year's War: Melun surrenders to the English.
** Henry's flagship, the "Grace Dieu", enters service. [cite web|url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server.php?show=nav.3896|title=race Dieu 1420, Royal Navy|accessdate=2007-10-14]
* 1421
** 23 February - Coronation of Catherine of Valois as Queen Consort.
** 21 March: Hundred Years' War: English defeated by the French and Scottish at the Battle of Baugé.
* 1422
** 2 May - Hundred Years' War: Meaux surrenders to the English.
** 31 August - Henry VI becomes King of England aged 9 months following the death of his father Henry V. His uncle Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester acts as his regent in England.
** 21 October - Henry VI becomes King of France following the death of Charles VI under the terms of the Treaty of Troyes. His uncle John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford acts as his regent in France.
** 30 October - Charles the dauphin defies the Treaty of Troyes to be declared Charles VII of France.
* 1423
** April - Hundred Year's War: England allies with Burgundy and Brittany against France.
** 31 July - Hundred Years' War: The English defeat the French and Scottish at the Battle of Cravant.
* 1424
** 17 August - Hundred Years' War: The English led by the Duke of Bedford defeat the French and Scottish at the Battle of Verneuil.
** 16 October - Duke of Gloucester invades Hainault; Bishop Henry Beaufort takes control of government in England.
* 1425
** April - Duke of Gloucester abandons his failed invasion of Hainault.
** 10 August - Hundred Years' War: Le Mans surrenders to the English.
** 30 October - Henry Beaufort tries to occupy London.
* 1426
** 6 March - Hundred Years' War: The English defeat the French at the Battle of St. James.
** 12 March - Henry Beaufort resigns as Lord Chancellor and leaves the country.
* 1427
** Lincoln College, Oxford founded.
* 1428
** 12 October - Hundred Years' War: English commence the Siege of Orléans.
** Henry Beaufort, now a Cardinal, returns to England and preaches a crusade against the Hussites.
* 1429
** 12 February - Hundred Years' War: at the Battle of the Herrings, English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at Orléans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart.
** 8 May - Hundred Years' War: The French under Joan of Arc lift the Siege of Orléans.
** 11 June–12 June - Hundred Years' War: The French defeat the English at the Battle of Jargeau.
** 15 June - Hundred Years' War: The French defeat the English at the Battle of Meung-sur-Loire.
** 16 June–17 June - Hundred Years' War: The French defeat the English at the Battle of Beaugency.
** 18 June - Hundred Years' War: The French defeat the English at the Battle of Patay.
** 6 November - Coronation of King Henry VI.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** The right to vote in elections to the House of Commons is restricted to men with forty shillings freehold property.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 119-122|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]

Births

* 1420
** 24 November - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, politician (died 1473)
* 1421
** 25 July - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, politician (died 1461)
** 6 December - King Henry VI of England (died 1471)
* 1422
** "probable" - William Caxton, printer (died c. 1491)
* 1423
** 24 August - Thomas Rotherham, cleric (died 1500)
* 1425
** "date unknown" - Edmund Sutton, nobleman (died 1483)
* 1426
** "date unknown"
*** William Brandon, nobleman (died 1485)
*** Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (died 1492)
* 1427
** 9 September - Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, politician (died 1464)
* 1428
** 22 November - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, kingmaker (died 1471)
* 1429
** 30 January - Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel (died 1438)
** 23 March - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (died 1482)

Deaths

* 1421
** 22 March - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (born 1388)
** "date unknown" - John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (born 1385)
* 1422
** 31 August - King Henry V of England (born 1387)
** "probable" - Thomas Walsingham, chronicler (year of birth unknown)
* 1423
** 20 October - Henry Bowet, Archbishop of York (year of birth unknown)
** "date unknown" - Richard Whittington, Lord Mayor of London (born 1358)
* 1424
** 31 December - Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, military leader (born c. 1377)
* 1425
** 18 January - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, politician (born 1391)
** 8 July - Lady Elizabeth FitzAlan (born 1366)
* 1426
** 31 December - Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter (born c. 1377)
** 24 November - Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt (born 1364)
* 1427
** 7 May - Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, churchman (born c. 1352)
** 27 August - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr (born 1395)
* 1428
** 3 November - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (born 1388)
** "probable" - John Purvey, theologian (born 1353)
* 1429
** 30 December - Margaret Holland, noblewoman (born 1385)

References

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